Evaluation of patient- versus provider-collected vaginal swabs for microbiome analysis during pregnancy | BMC Research Notes |...
... it easy and prefer to collect their own vaginal swabs to diagnose Chlamydia trachomatis or Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections. ... Two methods of self-sampling compared to clinician sampling to detect reproductive tract infections in Gugulethu, South Africa ... using patient-collected swabs demonstrate adequate diagnostic accuracy for clinical infections such as gonorrhea and Chlamydia ... Chlamydia trachomatis, group B streptococcus and human papillomavirus as provider-collected swabs obtained during speculum exam ...